Nowhere does the Constitution authorize the Federal Government to provide foreign-aid handouts, unemployment benefits, subsidized housing, food stamps, agricultural price supports, or any other share-the-wealth schemes.

Subversion: 15 Min Edition Demoralization: Instill an inverted moral framework that cons people into willingly subverting and ultimately sublating their own civilization; they then capture its institutions from within and reproduce that worldview across successive generations. Destabilization: Put that framework into practice, mobilizing people along shifting lines of social antagonism, radicalizing conflicts, and undermining institutional stability toward crisis. Crisis: Escalate internal conflict until established authority breaks down, creating conditions for revolution, civil war, or foreign intervention. Normalization: Consolidate a new authoritarian order, institutionalize its leadership and ideology, suppress and purge the revolutionary change agents.

RE: A Public Service Message on Tax Refunds So recently I encountered another X user—ostensibly a MAGA voter—who declared he will not be voting in the midterms because Trump broke his promise and raised his taxes. His proof? His 2025 federal tax refund was less than his 2024 federal tax refund. You heard that right. Even though it was pointed out to him that the federal rates had not risen under Trump, the smaller refund had convinced this gentleman that Trump “raised his taxes.” So, as a public service to people who don’t pay close attention to these kinds of things, I’ll explain. First, just because your refund went down does NOT mean “your taxes went up.” A federal tax refund works like this: Total tax owed *minus* W-2 withholding tax *minus* other estimated tax payments = tax refund (or remaining tax due). Thus, the reason you get a refund is because you paid too much in withholding and estimated taxes during the year. You let Uncle Sam have control of money that was not his, and you lost out on the possible interest or other benefits of keeping that money in your own pocket and not Uncle Sam’s during the year. Ideally, we should all aspire to receive NO refund at all—that means you properly planned your taxes. (Even better, end the year OWING Uncle Sam just enough that you don’t get into a penalty situation.) Proper planning matters. Make sure your W-4 is accurate. If you make estimated quarterly payments, make sure they are accurate too. Above all, do not view a refund as income—in reality it is Uncle Sam temporarily hijacking some of your money he was not entitled to. I kind of thought everybody understood this basic concept, but I guess not. However, I understand if new earners don’t see it, as the government tries to make this sort of stuff invisible and on autopilot so nobody challenges their awful tax burden by having to write a personal check every month. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

What it used to be like to have an after-school job in America. You got off the bus, changed clothes, and headed to work. Grocery store, gas station, fast food, landscaping, warehouse, or factory floor. Sixteen, seventeen years old, and you were expected to show up on time, work hard, and learn how the real world operated. You learned to deal with customers, manage inventory, fix equipment, handle money, and take direction from a boss who didn’t care that you had homework. You came home tired with cash in your pocket, a sense of pride, and a little more understanding of what it takes to make a living. Those jobs taught responsibility, work ethic, and basic skills that carried into adulthood. They were how generations of Americans learned the value of a dollar and the dignity of honest work. Today those same entry-level positions are often filled by adults on guest worker programs or illegal labor willing to work for less. The after-school job that used to build character and savings has been turned into something many American kids no longer even compete for. We did not run out of teenagers willing to work. We ran out of employers willing to pay American wages and train American kids. The system that gave millions of young Americans their first taste of independence and responsibility has been hollowed out. And we wonder why so many never learn the habits that lead to success. What was your first after-school job and what did it teach you that school never could?

This morning I was on the ground with the ICE Air Operations team in Alexandria, LA to observe and assess removal operations. First up, a plane load of Haitians being sent back home—including those with criminal records for aggravated assault, sex assault, kidnapping, battery, and other crimes. This Administration has made it clear that temporary means TEMPORARY, so if your TPS has expired, or you are otherwise in the country illegally, take advantage of our voluntary departure program and return to your home country—or we WILL arrest and deport you. ICE hit a record this week for the most deportations in a day since President Trump resumed office. While FY26 figures are being finalized, we know that last month ICE alone conducted more removals than any other month. Since June, ICE monthly arrest figures have also been higher—as have self-departures recorded by DHS—than any previous months. We are deportation-maxxing—firing on all cylinders while still expanding our capabilities to ramp up removals beyond current record-breaking levels to deliver on the President’s promise for mass deportation, restoring law and order, keeping our communities safe, and American prosperity.

Keeping the timeline spirits high, one Art Deco masterpiece at a time

There was once a fortress whose walls had begun to crack. For years, the men inside held conferences about the cracks. They wrote reports about the cracks. They promoted people who had become very good at explaining why the cracks were manageable. Then one day, a few men stopped talking about the wall and started rebuilding it. They climbed into the broken places themselves. They hauled stone. They changed the design. They angered people whose careers had been built around maintaining the old wall exactly as it was. Slowly, against resistance, the fortress began to change. Then the governors became nervous. The work was becoming visible. Important people were watching. So someone suggested that, for credibility, the rebuilding should be handed to the senior masons who had spent their entire careers maintaining the original wall. After all, they had rank, titles, and the proper credentials. They looked right standing on the battlements. So the builders were told to step aside. The old masons arrived, inspected the new work, nodded gravely, and began restoring the fortress to standards everyone already understood. Soon the walls looked respectable again. And when they cracked in exactly the same places, everyone was shocked. That is the danger with reform. Institutions often say they want change right up until change starts looking unfamiliar. Then they reach for the safest face in the room and call it credibility. But if the people who built the old wall are always considered more credible than the people willing to rebuild it, the wall was never really being reformed. It was simply being repainted.